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SmSb₂
Orthorhombic · space group Cmce (No. 64) · Pearson oC24
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
SmSb₂ in Cmce
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 6.171 Å, b = 6.051 Å, c = 17.890 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 668.0 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 24 (Sb 16, Sm 8)
- Formula units Z
- 8
- Pearson symbol
- oC24 — orthorhombic, base-centred lattice, 24 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 16 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sb1 | Sb | 8e | 8 | 0.2500 | 0.1222 | 0.2500 |
| Sb2 | Sb | 8f | 8 | 0.0000 | 0.3653 | 0.3902 |
| Sm3 | Sm | 8f | 8 | 0.0000 | 0.8686 | 0.4360 |
The multiplicity and the Wyckoff letter say how many copies of the site the group makes in one cell and on which kind of symmetry element the site sits; the 24 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 16 operations. Press Wyckoff under Colour to see the sites, and tick a symmetry element on the left to see which atoms lie on it.
How to read the label
A2B_oC24_64_ef_f-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oC24, then the space-group number 64, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Sb: 8e; Sb: 8f; Sm: 8f). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
CeSb₂, LaSb₂, NbSb₂, NdSb₂, PrSb₂, TbSb₂ <!--beginning with an
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A2B_oC24_64_ef_f-001 (M. J. Mehl et al., Comput. Mater. Sci. 136, S1 (2017); D. Hicks et al., ibid. 161, S1 (2019) and 199, 110450 (2021); S. Eckert et al., ibid. 240, 112988 (2024)). Symmetry elements, Wyckoff assignment and the diagram are computed on this page from the group operations.
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